1st Edition
The Steel Industry in Japan A Comparison with Britain
By Harukiyo Hasegawa
Copyright 1996
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies.
Introduction The structure of the book Part I Differences in corporate environments 2 Economic development 3 Industrial organisation 4 Institutional practices 5 The Japanese steel industry 6 Management and labour in Japanese steel works 7 Management and labour at head office (Japan) Part III The British steel industry 8 The British steel industry 9 Management and labour in British steel works I0 Management and labour at head office (UK) Part IV Convergence and relative advance 11 Japan/UK comparison of management and labour 12 Implications of convergence and relative advance 13 Further changes in the 1990s
Biography
Harukiyo Hasegawa is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield.